Air Malta, GWU close to finalising schemes
Air Malta announced today it is close to finalising the proposed retirement schemes for staff categories represented by the General Workers' Union.
In a statement it said that the proposed agreement covers voluntary redundancy schemes and early retirement schemes and the resulting restructuring in the numbers of employees required.
However, in another statement, he union condemned the airline saying it issued the statement without its approval.
The GWU said that, to date, there was no final agreement and only if this was reached would the union declare so.
Air Malta said in its statement: "It is premature for either party to discuss particulars and the General Workers Union is bound to first hold a meeting for its members to discuss the proposed schemes and the changes on other issues."
The GWU represents around 800 employees within various staff categories at the airline.
Discussions with the other three unions recognised by Air Malta are ongoing and announcements on the state of negotiations will be made as progress is achieved, Air Malta said.
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Josef Borg
Oct 1st 2011, 11:34
This is all a result of the continuous mismanagement over the years. Ironically it is not the persons responsible for the mismanagement who will end up jobless but the workers. The persons responsible have already been posted elsewhere in other authorities and obviously at the highest managerial posts possible. This is the accountability which the GonziPN government boasts about !
J.Borg
Josef Borg
Oct 1st 2011, 10:31
This is all a result of the continuous mismanagement over the years. Ironically it is not the persons responsible for the mismanagement who will end up jobless but the workers. The persons responsible have already been posted elsewhere in other authorities and obviously at the highest managerial posts possible. This is the accountability which the GonziPN government boasts about !
J.Borg
C Muscat
Oct 1st 2011, 03:27
Baqa xi Jkissru???!!!
Mark Thompson
Sep 30th 2011, 23:06
Can I just say one thing....
Air Malta, is going to make people redundant for the wrong reasons. I have been coming to Malta now for nearly 15-20 years in fact working on the island on 2 different occassions, I have always found during this time the Air Malta staff to be LOYAL, Fantastic and Customer Focus People. I recently have returned from Malta during August 2011 and I have had one of the WORST experiences ever.... First since Air Malta did the restructuring which in time will result in less people travelling with them, they removed there own Ground Crew from Manchester which results in nothing but LIES being told to you. Also when you complain to the Customer Care Team @ Malta they are not intrested...
Instead of making Cabin Crew and Pilots redundant they should look at the "administration teams" get rid of the "dead wood" so to speak and keep the decent staff the ones that as a customer look at and say "they are air malta - how do you know they are FANTASTIC".
To be honest I have asked for the Chief Executives Details and Contact and been told that "as a customer of air malta you are not allowed to write to the CEO as it is against the rules and if you want to complain you need to do it via Customer Care - in fact the team I am complaining about !!! It is absolutly STUPID that these staff remain in post and the good ones go...
TO ALL CABIN CREW / FLIGHT CREW / GROUND CREW / BAGGAGE HANDLERS in Malta and Overseas..
Remember one thing - YOU are Air Malta, not the managers or admin staff, you are the ones we see, you are the REP's of the COMPANY and you are the ones we remember and also the ones that ensure we as British people and other nationalities have Fantastic Holidays - without you AIR MALTA does not exsist !!!!
Mr Angus Black
Oct 1st 2011, 02:40
Mr Thompson, I am sure that Air Malta appreciates your business and hopes that you will continue to fly with them in the future as well.
Your comment about letting the 'fantastic ones go' but retaining 'administration teams and dead wood', seems to me a bit premature. To my knowledge no Air Malta employee has lost his job yet.
You cannot justify over staffing as much as any company which wishes to stay in business will not. Air Malta has more staff per aircraft than any other airline I know of. These are tough times for the best managed and leanest of companies and why Air Malta has to buck the trend is simply a travesty. When the terms of early retirements and redundancies are finalized, then it is up to the staff to voluntarily accept or not. Very few airlines were anywhere as generous to their employees as Air Malta and the government will be and you can bet that the Unions will take care of that detail.
With regards to complaining to the CEO, I would have simply written my complaint and mailed it 'personal-confidential' to CEO, Air Malta, Luqa. The letter would have arrived at his secretary's desk and brought to his attention.
Do you think that the secretary or someone else would have sent your letter back? Now that you let the cat out of the bag, you just made things a bit more awkward for you.
Mr Jimmie Rowe
Sep 30th 2011, 20:46
When it comes to redundacies it shows that AirMalta are in a very tight spot, which means only one thing.....the begining of the end for this once a great carrier. I guess what goes up must come down and to-day its AirMalta's turn.
Mr Peter Murray
Sep 30th 2011, 19:33
They can dress it up all they wish but the correct term for what Air Malta refer to as "number employee restructuring" is FORCED REDUNDANCYa nd as per usual it appears that Air Mlata are acting unilaterally and arrogantly.Plus ca change!
J. Borg
Sep 30th 2011, 18:56
We have been told that Airmalta and GWU have been close to finalising schemes for several weeks. Are they really close or not? Otherwise, why is it taking to long to let us know the details?